OAU NUGA'22 Journey

By:Olukanmi Abidemi Abeeb ÀBÍMÓ 

The Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) organizes university-level sports events in Nigeria. It hosts an interuniversity sports competition called the University Games. The first NUGA games were held at the University of Ibadan in 1966. Presently, there are over eighty universities as members of NUGA, both private and public owned.

NUGA approves fifteen different sporting events at the University Games: track and field, badminton, basketball, chess, cricket, handball, hockey, judo, soccer, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and volleyball, after which the games have grown overtime to sixteen

The Zone C Pre-Nuga which hosted the likes of

FUTA, AAUA, Uniosun, Elizade University, JABU, OUI, Redeemers University, Adeleke University was hosted by Obafemi Awolowo University, commenced on Sunday, 13th of February, 2022 and end on the 16th of February, 2022

Having completed and qualified from the Pre-Nuga , OAU Sportmen traveled from 16th of March, 2022,  from Ife to Lagos in order to represent the university in the Nigeria University Game Association that will be holding in Unilag

However, OAU was unable to transport all the Sportmen at once due to unavailability of buses to transport them at once. Sports like hockey, athletics,taekwondo were unable move  some were told to wait till Thursday 17th March, 2022.  due to the fact that there were no enough buses. This was made known to OAU Peeps News Agency Correspondent by Oluwanoni the Students' Union Director Of Sports

While some sports like cricket, badminton, swimming,judo,handball, basketball, football actually moved on 16th of March, 2022. Leaving ile-ife around 1pm and getting to Unilag Lagos State around 5pm, they were told to converge in a one-multipurpose Hall to do one of the Corona test which was ecountered with delays according to one of the Sportmen Orisunbade Tunde who confirmed the scenario. 

The 26th Unilag NUGA  started on 16th March, 2022  at University of Lagos which was said to have adequate, enough and good facilities to host the competitions.

Also the competitions will come to an end on the 26th of March 2022.

Breaking: Obafemi Awolowo Sets To Host Pre-Nuga Games

 

By Olukanmi Abidemi ÀBÍMÓ

The Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) organizes university-level sports events in Nigeria. It hosts an interuniversity sports competition called the University Games. The first NUGA games were held at the University of Ibadan in 1966. Presently, there are over eighty universities as members of NUGA, both private and public owned.

NUGA approves fifteen different sporting events at the University Games: track and field, badminton, basketball, chess, cricket, handball, hockey, judo, soccer, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and volleyball, after which the games have grown overtime to sixteen

However, just like other competition, there's always a preliminary stages whereby teams come together to play and in order to them to be qualified for the main event. 

Obafemi Awolowo University, set to host pre-Nigeria university games PRENUGA for Zone C. The tournament which will feature 16 games and 10 different universities. 

According to OAU Student Union director of Sports elects, he stated that "Obafemi Awolowo University will be hosting this year's edition of the Pre-Nuga games, slated to commence on Sunday, 13th of February, 2022 and end on the 16th of February, 2022. We'll be hosting the likes of

FUTA, AAUA, Uniosun, Elizade University, JABU, OUI, Redeemers University, Adeleke University".

Speaking to our Correspondent, Oluwanoni said OAU will be participating in all the sixteen sport of the Nuga games: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Scrabble, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis and Volleyball.

OAUpeeps gathered that the Pre-Nuga is  meant to  determine the institution which will be representing the zone in the official NUGA games tournament.

OAU Sport Council Releases Fixtures For The Inter-hall Football Competition

By Ganiyu Ayanniyi

The Sport Council of Obafemi Awolowo University has unveiled the fixtures for the forthcoming 2017/2018 Inter-hall football competition which expected to debut on Saturday, 24th November 2018 and expected to end on Wednesday, 4th December 2018.

The competing Hall teams are divided into group A and B. Group A includes Fajuyi Hall, Quarters and ETF Hall while group B consists Awolowo Hall, Town, Postgraduate Hall, Angola Hall.

The fixtures of the matches are detailed below:

Match Day 1:
Saturday, 24th November 2018

Awolowo Hall vs Town by 8am (Match 1)

Postgraduate Hall vs Angola Hall by 10am (Match 2)

Fajuyi Hall vs Quarters by 2pm (Match 3)


Match Day 2:
Monday, 26 November 2018

Awolowo Hall vs PG Hall by 2pm (Match 4)

Town vs Angola Hall by 4pm (Match 5)

Match Day 3:
Tuesday, 27th November 2018

E.T.F Hall vs Fajuyi Hall by 4pm (Match 6)

Match Day 4:
Wednesday, 28th November 2018

Angola Hall vs Awolowo Hall by 2pm (Match 7)

Postgraduate Hall vs Town by 4pm (Match 8)

Match Day 5:
Thursday, 29th November 2018

Quarters vs E.T.F Hall by 4pm (Match 9)

SEMIFINALS


Match Day 6:
Saturday, 1st December 2018

Winner A vs Runner up B by 8am (Match 10)

Winner B vs Runner up A by 10am (Match 11)

FINAL
Match Day 7:
Wednesday, 4th December 2018

Winner 10 vs Winner 11 (Match 12)

The competition's matches are expected to be played within the 7 stipulated days with 12 overall matches.

Also, it is needful to recall that the Postgraduate Hall won the last Inter-hall competition for 2016/2017, will they be able to preserve their title?

OAU Students' Inter-Hall Soccer Competition To Hold January 2017

The Obafemi Awolowo University Sports Board has approved that the Obafemi Awolowo University Students Inter-Hall Soccer competition be held in January, 2017

According to a statement on the school website, “All prospective participants for the inter-hall soccer competition should register their teams with the Soccer Coach or at the Sports Council Office on or before the first week of January, 2017.”

“Moreover, teams that intent to use the Sport Council facilities to train should apply to the Sports Council, indicating their prospective periods of training, so that the Council can schedule the dates and times of training in order to prevent clashes at the venues,” the statement added.

OAU Vice Chancellor's Cup: Here Is The Summary Of What You Have Missed So Far

The ongoing Vice Chancellor's cup started on the 29th September, 2016, and it has continued to live up to expectations. The competition has generated a lot of interest from students of Obafemi Awolowo University. This is obvious, as students come out en mass to support their respective faculties.

The tournamement which started on a high note comprises all faculties on campus. However, only the Faculty of Pharmacy has failed to show up for their first and subsequent matches. Their opponents were given a walkover and a 3 nil match result.

So far, the favourite faculty predicted to win the competition - the Faculty of Education - has crashed out. The faculty failed to progress to the quarter finals, after a fierce showdown between it and the Faculty of Agriculture saw it ousted; courtesy of a last minute goal by the Faculty of Agriculture.

Unfortunately, the Faculty of Medical Sciences conceded the most goals before they were knocked out of the competition; their defence allowed twelve goals.

In the quarterfinal clash between the Faculty of Agriculture and the Sciences, the former was eventually knocked out. With a man of the match performance by faculty of Administration goalkeeper, they won on penaties after their goalie saved two penalty kick during the match and three during the penalty shoot out. The Faculty of EDM showed much zeal and endurance in its game against the Faculty of Law and it paid off. Following a full time draw, the game extension saw EDM progress.

The last quarter final match was between the Post graduate (PG) and the Faculty of Technology. The star studed Faculty of Technology managed to win the PG, after a very tight game to set a semifinal showdown with the Faculty of Administration.

The final match of the competition is expected to have in attendance the Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Anthony Elujoba, the Deans of Faculties and other top university officials.

Here are the Semi-final fixtures

EDM vs Social Sciences
Administration vs Technology

MATCH RESULTS OF THE ONGOING INTER-FACULTY COMPETITION

Group Stage Results

29th September, 2016
Education 2 : 2 Social sciences
Administration 3 : 1 Sciences

30th September, 2016
Law 2 : 2 Arts
PG 0 : 0 Environmental Design and Management

1st October, 2016
Pharmacy 0 : 3 Agriculture
Medicine 0 : 6 Technology
Basic Medical Sciences 1 : 3 Administration
Dentistry 0 : 6 Postgraduate

3rd October, 2016
Agric 1 : 1 Social Sciences
Tech 2 : 0 Arts
Pharmacy 0 : 3 Education
Medicine 0 : 4 Law

4th October, 2016
Science 2 : 0 Basic Medical Science
EDM 5 : 0 Dentistry

5th October, 2016
Social Sciences 3 : 0 Pharmacy
Arts 7 : 2 Medicine

6th October, 2016
Law 1 : 0 Tech
Education 0 : 1 Agric

QUARTER FINAL Results

7th October, 2016
Agric 0 vs 3 Science
Administration 1 vs 1 Social Sciences
Administration won 3-0 on penalties

8th October, 2016
Law 1vs EDM 1
EDM won 4-3 on penaties

PG 0 vs 1 Technology

Faculty Of Technology Dean's Cup Kicks Off Today

 By 3:00pm today, the much anticipated Faculty of Technology Deans Cup will commence.


It is time for Great Ife students in the tech faculty to partially drop their books and lace their boots. All the eight departments in the faculty will be competing for the faculty's most coveted football trophy on campus.

Two matches would be played on a daily basis at the Cricket Pitch, Sports Complex; 3pm and 5pm from Monday, 5th September till Wednesday, 7th September.

Find the game fixtures below.

MONDAY (05-09-2016)
MATCH 1: Electronics and Electrical Engineering vs Agricultural Engineering - 3PM
MATCH 2: Chemical Engineering vs Computer Science - 5PM

TUESDAY(06-09-2016)
MATCH 3: Food Science and Technology vs Mechanical Engineering - 3PM
MATCH 4:Material Science vs Civil Engineering - 5PM

SEMI FINALS (07-09-2016)
WINNER 1 vs WINNER 2
WINNER 3 vs WINNER 4

You definitely do not want to miss out on this memorable event. Be there!

EURO 2016 Final: Seven Football Lessons Picked

By Ridwan A. Oyetunji

The 2016 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA EURO 2016 or simply EURO 2016 has come and gone.  Yesterday night witnessed the final match of the tournament.  The 120-minutes encounter, refereed by the highly revered English referee – Mark Clatenburg, saw the “A Selecao” army coming out winners, against all odds. 

Here are the major football lessons learnt from the France vs Portugal match:

1.  Defending is key
Football in today’s world is not always about attacking and scoring goals.  As important as scoring may seem, a very good defensive setup is needed, so that the scored goals can count at the end.  Moreover, in an encounter like yesterday’s final, where both teams are almost at par, the defensive play may eventually be the difference.  This is evident as the Portugese team’s defensive resilience paid off, ending the match with an important clean sheet.

2. Right Substitutions influence big matches
With Ronaldo limping off in the early stages, it seemed all was over for Portugal.  Then Fernando Santos threw on Quaresma in his place, bringing Nani back to the middle as a false striker.  Portugal were resigned to playing without an arrow man for the better part of the game until the closing time when Santos again brought on Moutinho (to reshape the midfield) and Eder – the eventual match winner (to serve as a focal point.  The French national team made substitutions too, but they were not as right and influential tactically as those of the Portugese team.

4. Possession is not everything
It’s well known that France enjoyed the better part of the ball, dominated all areas of the pitch but at the end had little or nothing to show for it. The same transpired in the Germany vs France semi-final tie where Germany had 66% possession but ended up losing 2-0 to France.  Summarily, football these days is all about making the little possession you have count.


5. An “arrow head” is important
Portugal played far much better when Eder was brought on. The Portugal players started directing their attacking plays to their hit-man, this eventually paid off as the powerful striker scored the only goal of the match with a fine effort just outside the box.  Eder was Portugal’s Vardy for the night.  On the other hand, France played less good once Giroud was substituted and replaced with Gignac, who is a “false-9”. 

6. Fluidity in formation plays a major role
The French National team apparently had no “plan B”.  The team played the same formation from the start to the end and players stuck to their playing positions for most part of the game.  This is in contrast to the Portugese team that constantly reshuffle formations, with the likes of Nani, Mario, Quaresma, Moutinho switching playing positions when necessary.

7. Star Players don’t always win matches, team spirit does
France had all the stars, with the likes of Payet, Pogba, Griezmann, Giroud and the rest, they were not able to assert their individual brilliance on the game.  The Portugese National team, which lost its “only real” star at the early stages of the game, but picked out the positives in the incident as they played with arguably the greatest team spirit any team has shown in the competition thus far.  They were attacking and defending massively with every player tracking back as soon as the team loses the ball.  Though stars may bring individual brilliance, but this is not always enough to win games. 
If the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal with all their stars can surrender the EPL title to Leicester City whom nobody knows any of their players until their rise to stardom, then today’s football can be said to be more of team understanding and less of star players.

Congratulations to Portugal as the world awaits their continued brilliance at the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.

Brief Biography Of Stephen Keshi

By OLATUNJI Muhydeen



His full name was Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi.

He was born on January 23, 1962.
He was from Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. He played as a defender for Super Eagles of Nigerian and several football clubs.
Apart from the Nigerian national team, Keshi coached the Togolese and Malian national teams. He was the only coach to have taken the Togolese team to the World cup championship till date.

He made 64 appearances for Nigerian national team and scored a total of 9 goals. He played the defensive position.
He played internationally for the following teams

1979 ACB Lagos
1980–1984 New Nigeria Bank
1985 Stade d'Abidjan
1986 Africa Sports
1986–1987 Lokeren
1987–1991 Anderlecht
1991–1993 RC Strasbourg
1993–1994 RWDM
1995 CCV Hydra
1996 Sacramento Scorpion
1997–1998 Perlis FA

He had his own sense of style as he never put on white trousers or a suit. He claimed not just feeling comfortable in them. So often times, he wore just a track suit of Nigerian colours. Keshi was quite a reserved person. He prefered to spend his free time with his wife at home. Even as a young man, he didn’t like partying. Keshi was a person of self-discipline.
He spoke French and English fluently.
Keshi was one of the only two soccer stars, along with Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and a coach.
He won the African Nations Cup in 1994 as a captain and as a coach in 2013.
His wife of 33 years, Kate died on December 9, 2015 after losing a long battle with cancer. Keshi is survived by four children and his mother.

Europa League Final 2016: St. Jakob-Park Debacle

As Jonas Eriksson blew his whistle to signal the end of the second 45minutes in St. Jakob-Park Basel, Switzerland, a quarter of the 38,512 spectators erupted to celebrate the victory of the three times Europa league winner - Sevilla.  Tears trickled down the cheeks of some Liverpool players who had anticipated to go into the history book at Anfield after 'hitting the post' in their second finals of the season.  For Liverpool, It was a tough showdown with the Liga Copa del Rey runner-up; a match officiated by a refereeing crew which after a drug test admitted to puffing hallucinogenic drugs.

Jonas Eriksson reportedly told UEFA doping officials he inhaled about “one gram of K2" before kickoff. Though the English side enjoyed a quick-witted first 45 minutes where blatantly palpable - egregious - fouls were not called as the officials who were patently under the influence of the narcotic changed the rules of the game allowing the match see four very obvious hand balls not counted.  An instance of such was the Daniel Sturridge perfectly weighted pass that Grzegorz Krychowiak reached down and batted away.  Jonas Eriksson said "I SAW A THOUSAND LIFETIMES IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE", "I TALKED TO GOD, I AM MY OWN FATHER".

The final whistle in Basel saw Sevilla clinched the trophy the third consecutive time.  After successfully turning UEFA Champions League final into a Liga Madrid derby, Real Madrid trumped their city rival to lift their 11th UCL title.

The dominance of the Spanish league is now like the luminescence of the moon which can't be shielded. As the English teams struggle to clamber up the league of top clubs in Europe, The Spanish teams had climbed to the top taking part in all competitions across the continent.  This is the third time Spanish teams would be clearing the tables leaving nothing left for others to compensate their travels.

When Liverpool football club arrived Merseyside, there were no open roof buses to convey them; their defeat to the Copa del Rey runner-up is the fifth consecutive final their newly appointed manager, Jurgen Kloop would lose.

While it continue to look as if the city of Liverpool is alone in their mishap, or as if Jurgen Kloop tribulation had just continued, I see the country that presently inhabit the duo to have added to its adversity and might strictly be affected by the loss in the long run.  One tenable repercussion had been the non-participation of more than four English teams in Europe most elite competition whereas the Spanish empire have been having five representatives over the last 2 years.

The failure of Liverpool squad to replicate the night at Istanbul; Jurgen Kloop's unlucky kismet with finals; Jonas Eriksson misinterpreted vision and St. Jakob-Park debacle all accumulated to add salt to English football's injury.

Squire Readen

NB- Squire Readen is a freelance writer who writes critical sport commentaries and other related articles. He is an objective sports fan and is currently the Director of Sports for the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigeria Students (PANS), OAU Chapter. You can reach him on Pharmsquire@yahoo.com